81 FR 33246 - Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged (Migrant Education Program)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 101 (May 25, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 101 (May 25, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 33246-33247] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-12251] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket Id ED-2016-OESE-0060] Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged (Migrant Education Program) AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Under section 1308(b)(2)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act (Pub. L. 107-110) (ESEA, as amended), the Secretary is required to provide notice and seek public comment on the addition of any new proposed Minimum Data Elements (MDEs) for the Migrant Education Program (MEP). The Secretary proposes to add four new MDEs, and solicits public comments accordingly. DATES: We must receive your comments on or before June 9, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not accept comments submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after the comment period. To ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies, please submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the Docket ID at the top of your comments.Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to submit your comments electronically. Information on using Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents, submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site under ``Help.'' Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver your comments about the proposed MDEs, address them to Patricia Meyertholen, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 3E315, Washington, DC 20202-6135. Telephone: (202) 260-1394. Privacy Note: The U.S. Department of Education's (Department's) policy is to make all comments received from members of the public available for public viewing in their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly available. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Meyertholen, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 3E315, Washington, DC 20202-6132. Telephone: (202) 260-1394 or by email: [email protected]. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf or a text telephone, call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-877- 8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 1308(b)(1) of the ESEA, as amended, the Secretary is required to assist States in the electronic transfer of student records. The Secretary assists States with this transfer through the Migrant Student Information Exchange (MSIX) system, which links State migratory student databases to support records transfer. Under section 1308(b)(2)(A) of the ESEA, as amended, the Secretary is further required to determine the health and education information that States must exchange regarding migratory students. MSIX supports the exchange of this information in the form of required MDEs. When the Secretary proposes to add new MDEs, section 1308(b)(2)(B) of the ESEA, as amended, requires the Secretary to consult with States and publish a notice in the Federal Register seeking public comment on proposed new MDEs. The Department has previously sought public input on the collection of 72 MDEs (78 FR 79222, Dec. 27, 2013), and in this notice now proposes to add four new MDEs: Residency Verification Date; Graduation/High School Equivalency (HSE) Indicator; Graduation/HSE Date; and Algebra I Flag. We have already held multiple consultations with States regarding the addition of these four MDEs, and no State official or staff expressed opposition during these various consultations. First, we vetted the MDEs with the MSIX State User Group for Analysis and Recommendations over the course of several years, from 2012 through the present. Second, on October 1, 2012, and November 5, 2014, the Department conducted webinars with the MEP Coordination Workgroup, which is comprised of MEP State Directors from the nine MEP regions throughout the Nation. The MEP Coordination Workgroup supported the addition of the four MDEs and corresponding definitions. Third, we presented these MDEs to all of the MEP State Directors on February 11, 2014, during the Annual Directors' Meeting in Washington, DC. The MEP State Directors did not express any opposition to the addition of these MDEs since States already collect this information, in some form or another, in their migrant-specific databases. Finally, we have worked with 22 States on an MSIX Data Quality Initiative (DQI). Through the DQI process, we discussed the need for and use of these new MDEs in greater detail with MEP State Directors and their staff in these 22 States. Once again, no State official or staff expressed opposition to the addition of these four new MDEs. Overall, MEP State Directors agreed that the inclusion of the first three MDEs--Residency Verification Date, and Graduation/HSE Indicator and Date--would support MSIX's ability to provide a more consistent accounting of children eligible to receive MEP services. Our conversations with State officials and staff indicate that the States collect these data in their migrant-specific databases to assist in determining eligibility for the MEP. The addition of these three MDEs would allow MSIX, like the State migratory student-specific databases, to more accurately determine who is eligible for the MEP, which in turn would improve the accuracy of information in MSIX reports related to enrollment, placement, and credit accrual that States use on a daily basis. These three new MDEs would also enable MSIX to account for eligible migratory children not enrolled in school and for migratory children who have graduated or obtained their high school equivalency diplomas. The fourth proposed MSIX MDE would allow schools to better target math courses for newly arrived migratory students by taking course information that States already collect and highlighting it in MSIX. Inclusion of this MDE would promote better education for migratory students. The Department now seeks additional public comment on the following four proposed MDEs: Residency Verification Date: This element would reflect the month, day, and year in which a school or MEP project confirms a migratory student's residency. States or local operating agencies (LOAs) currently collect this information once during the September 1- August 31 performance period to verify student eligibility for MEP [[Page 33247]] services. Including this information in MSIX would help State grantees quickly verify a student's eligibility to receive services under the program. Graduation/HSE Indicator and Graduation/HSE Date: These two elements would indicate whether a student has graduated from high school or received an HSE diploma, and the date when that event occurred. Grantees use the MSIX system to determine proper enrollment, placement, and credit accrual for migratory students. Including this information in MSIX would help ensure that LOA and local educational agency staff have timely and accurate information about whether and when a migratory student has graduated from high school or received an HSE diploma, thereby allowing much faster determinations about who may continue to receive MEP educational services because they have not graduated or received an HSE diploma, and who may not receive these services because they already have done so. Algebra I Flag: This element would reflect whether the student has received full credit in Algebra I or an equivalent mathematics course. As reported in National Migrant Education Secondary Credit Accrual Workshops and Focus Groups throughout the years, many States use different course names to reference this mathematics course, and completing the material is essential for both enrollment in higher- level mathematics courses and high school graduation. The Algebra I flag would quickly communicate whether a student has obtained credit for this gatekeeper course, which would enable counselors and other school staff to more quickly enroll and place migratory students in the appropriate mathematics course. Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities may obtain this notice in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Electronic Access to this Document: The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System at: www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the site. You may also access documents of the Department published in the Federal Register by using the article search feature at: www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published by the Department. Dated: May 19, 2016. Ann Whalen, Senior Advisor to the Secretary Delegated the Duties of Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. [FR Doc. 2016-12251 Filed 5-24-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P
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a verbal comment and whose comments Privacy Note: The U.S. Department of throughout the Nation. The MEP
have been deemed relevant under the Education’s (Department’s) policy is to make Coordination Workgroup supported the
process described above, will be allotted all comments received from members of the addition of the four MDEs and
public available for public viewing in their
no more than three (3) minutes during corresponding definitions. Third, we
entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
this period, and will be invited to speak www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters presented these MDEs to all of the MEP
in the order in which their requests should be careful to include in their State Directors on February 11, 2014,
were received by the DFO and ADFO. comments only information that they wish to during the Annual Directors’ Meeting in
make publicly available. Washington, DC. The MEP State
Brenda S. Bowen,
Directors did not express any opposition
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
to the addition of these MDEs since
[FR Doc. 2016–12267 Filed 5–24–16; 8:45 am] Patricia Meyertholen, Office of States already collect this information,
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Elementary and Secondary Education, in some form or another, in their
U.S. Department of Education, 400 migrant-specific databases. Finally, we
Maryland Avenue SW., Room 3E315, have worked with 22 States on an MSIX
Washington, DC 20202–6132. Data Quality Initiative (DQI). Through
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Telephone: (202) 260–1394 or by email: the DQI process, we discussed the need
[Docket Id ED–2016–OESE–0060] patricia.meyertholen@ed.gov. for and use of these new MDEs in
If you use a telecommunications
Improving the Academic Achievement greater detail with MEP State Directors
device for the deaf or a text telephone,
of the Disadvantaged (Migrant and their staff in these 22 States. Once
call the Federal Relay Service, toll free,
Education Program) again, no State official or staff expressed
at 1–800–877–8339.
opposition to the addition of these four
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under new MDEs.
Secondary Education, Department of section 1308(b)(1) of the ESEA, as Overall, MEP State Directors agreed
Education. amended, the Secretary is required to that the inclusion of the first three
assist States in the electronic transfer of MDEs—Residency Verification Date,
ACTION: Notice.
student records. The Secretary assists and Graduation/HSE Indicator and
SUMMARY: Under section 1308(b)(2)(B) of States with this transfer through the Date—would support MSIX’s ability to
the Elementary and Secondary Migrant Student Information Exchange provide a more consistent accounting of
Education Act of 1965, as amended by (MSIX) system, which links State children eligible to receive MEP
the No Child Left Behind Act (Pub. L. migratory student databases to support services. Our conversations with State
107–110) (ESEA, as amended), the records transfer. Under section officials and staff indicate that the States
Secretary is required to provide notice 1308(b)(2)(A) of the ESEA, as amended, collect these data in their migrant-
and seek public comment on the the Secretary is further required to specific databases to assist in
addition of any new proposed Minimum determine the health and education determining eligibility for the MEP. The
Data Elements (MDEs) for the Migrant information that States must exchange addition of these three MDEs would
Education Program (MEP). The regarding migratory students. MSIX allow MSIX, like the State migratory
Secretary proposes to add four new supports the exchange of this student-specific databases, to more
MDEs, and solicits public comments information in the form of required accurately determine who is eligible for
accordingly. MDEs. the MEP, which in turn would improve
When the Secretary proposes to add the accuracy of information in MSIX
DATES: We must receive your comments new MDEs, section 1308(b)(2)(B) of the reports related to enrollment,
on or before June 9, 2016. ESEA, as amended, requires the placement, and credit accrual that States
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments Secretary to consult with States and use on a daily basis. These three new
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal publish a notice in the Federal Register MDEs would also enable MSIX to
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, seeking public comment on proposed account for eligible migratory children
or hand delivery. We will not accept new MDEs. The Department has not enrolled in school and for migratory
comments submitted by fax or by email previously sought public input on the children who have graduated or
or those submitted after the comment collection of 72 MDEs (78 FR 79222, obtained their high school equivalency
period. To ensure that we do not receive Dec. 27, 2013), and in this notice now diplomas.
duplicate copies, please submit your proposes to add four new MDEs: The fourth proposed MSIX MDE
comments only once. In addition, please Residency Verification Date; would allow schools to better target
include the Docket ID at the top of your Graduation/High School Equivalency math courses for newly arrived
comments. (HSE) Indicator; Graduation/HSE Date; migratory students by taking course
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to and Algebra I Flag. information that States already collect
www.regulations.gov to submit your We have already held multiple and highlighting it in MSIX. Inclusion
comments electronically. Information consultations with States regarding the of this MDE would promote better
on using Regulations.gov, including addition of these four MDEs, and no education for migratory students.
instructions for accessing agency State official or staff expressed The Department now seeks additional
documents, submitting comments, and opposition during these various public comment on the following four
viewing the docket, is available on the consultations. First, we vetted the MDEs proposed MDEs:
site under ‘‘Help.’’ with the MSIX State User Group for • Residency Verification Date: This
• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, Analysis and Recommendations over element would reflect the month, day,
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or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver the course of several years, from 2012 and year in which a school or MEP
your comments about the proposed through the present. Second, on October project confirms a migratory student’s
MDEs, address them to Patricia 1, 2012, and November 5, 2014, the residency. States or local operating
Meyertholen, U.S. Department of Department conducted webinars with agencies (LOAs) currently collect this
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., the MEP Coordination Workgroup, information once during the September
Room 3E315, Washington, DC 20202– which is comprised of MEP State 1–August 31 performance period to
6135. Telephone: (202) 260–1394. Directors from the nine MEP regions verify student eligibility for MEP
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services. Including this information in Register by using the article search listed above. Written statements may be
MSIX would help State grantees quickly feature at: www.federalregister.gov. filed with the Board either before or
verify a student’s eligibility to receive Specifically, through the advanced after the meeting. Individuals who wish
services under the program. search feature at this site, you can limit to make oral statements pertaining to
• Graduation/HSE Indicator and your search to documents published by agenda items should contact Jennifer
Graduation/HSE Date: These two the Department. Woodard at the telephone number listed
elements would indicate whether a Dated: May 19, 2016. above. Requests must be received as
student has graduated from high school soon as possible prior to the meeting
Ann Whalen,
or received an HSE diploma, and the and reasonable provision will be made
date when that event occurred. Grantees Senior Advisor to the Secretary Delegated
to include the presentation in the
the Duties of Assistant Secretary for
use the MSIX system to determine agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal
Elementary and Secondary Education.
proper enrollment, placement, and Officer is empowered to conduct the
[FR Doc. 2016–12251 Filed 5–24–16; 8:45 am]
credit accrual for migratory students. meeting in a fashion that will facilitate
Including this information in MSIX BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
the orderly conduct of business.
would help ensure that LOA and local Individuals wishing to make public
educational agency staff have timely comments will be provided a maximum
and accurate information about whether DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY of five minutes to present their
and when a migratory student has comments. The EM SSAB, Paducah,
graduated from high school or received Environmental Management Site- will hear public comments pertaining to
an HSE diploma, thereby allowing much Specific Advisory Board, Paducah its scope (clean-up standards and
faster determinations about who may AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). environmental restoration; waste
continue to receive MEP educational management and disposition;
ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.
services because they have not stabilization and disposition of non-
graduated or received an HSE diploma, SUMMARY: This notice announces a stockpile nuclear materials; excess
and who may not receive these services meeting of the Environmental facilities; future land use and long-term
because they already have done so. Management Site-Specific Advisory stewardship; risk assessment and
• Algebra I Flag: This element would Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The management; and clean-up science and
reflect whether the student has received Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. technology activities). Comments
full credit in Algebra I or an equivalent L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that outside of the scope may be submitted
mathematics course. As reported in public notice of this meeting be via written statement as directed above.
National Migrant Education Secondary announced in the Federal Register. Minutes: Minutes will be available by
Credit Accrual Workshops and Focus writing or calling Jennifer Woodard at
DATES: Thursday, June 16, 2016, 6:00
Groups throughout the years, many the address and phone number listed
States use different course names to p.m.
above. Minutes will also be available at
reference this mathematics course, and ADDRESSES:Barkley Centre, 111 the following Web site: http://
completing the material is essential for Memorial Drive, Paducah, Kentucky www.pgdpcab.energy.gov/2016_
both enrollment in higher-level 42001. meetings.htm.
mathematics courses and high school FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Issued at Washington, DC, on May 19,
graduation. The Algebra I flag would Jennifer Woodard, Deputy Designated 2016.
quickly communicate whether a student Federal Officer, Department of Energy LaTanya R. Butler,
has obtained credit for this gatekeeper Paducah Site Office, Post Office Box Deputy Committee Management Officer.
course, which would enable counselors 1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky
and other school staff to more quickly [FR Doc. 2016–12317 Filed 5–24–16; 8:45 am]
42001, (270) 441–6825.
enroll and place migratory students in BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
the appropriate mathematics course. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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accessible format (e.g., braille, large to DOE–EM and site management in the
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